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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 466848, member: 2844&quot;]It is a beauty, KSW.</p><p>I agree, not necessarily mourning, could just be for a mother to keep her little darling close to her heart. The frame would have been brighter, like evelyb said. The stones are white, for purity.</p><p>As Bronwen said, the lock could be a memento of first time the hair was cut, although it seems to have been cut on both sides. Which could mean more hair to cut (short), so maybe a boy. Overhere boy&#039;s hair was cut short around the age of five, which could be the age of the child in the photo.</p><p>Cutting a boy&#039;s hair short meant he went from little child to proper boy. The brooch could have been a fond memory for the mother of the time when he was still a little angel at his mother&#039;s knee.</p><p>Photography in jewellery started ca 1860. I think this little treasure was made shortly after.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hadn&#039;t noticed.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/confused.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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